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Matthieu Ricard is a French writer and Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal.

Matthieu Ricard grew up among the personalities and ideas of French intellectual circles. He received a Ph.D. degree in molecular genetics from the Pasteur Institute in 1972. He then decided to forsake his scientific career and instead practice Tibetan Buddhism, living mainly in the Himalayas.

Ricard is a board member of the Mind and Life Institute and received the French National Order of Merit for his humanitarian work in the East.

✵ 15. February 1946   •   Other names മാത്യു റികാർഡ്, מתיו ריקרד, マチウ・リカール
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“We try to fix the outside so much, but our control of the outer world is limited, temporary, and often, illusory.”

Source: Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill

“We must distinguish between spirituality in general terms, which aims to make us better people, and religion. Adopting a religion remains optional, but becoming a better human being is essential.”

The Quantum and the Lotus, translated by Ian Monk (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2001), p. 264 https://books.google.it/books?id=F-QpZMJ6b7QC&pg=PA264.

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